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Table 1 Weighted frequency and percentages of the overall study participants as well as by place of residence (n = 8811)

From: Contributing factors for urban-rural inequalities in unmet need for family planning among reproductive-aged women in Ethiopia: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis

Variables

Total

Urban

Rural

P value

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Total

8811 (100)

2887 (33)

5924 (67)

 

Covariates

    

Age

   

< 0.001

35–49

2498 (28)

599 (24)

1899 (76)

25–34

2802 (32)

1017 (36)

1785 (64)

15–24

3511 (40)

1271 (36)

2240 (64)

Material factors

    

Education

   

< 0.001

No education

3321(38%)

444 (13)

2877 (87)

Primary education

3234 (37%)

960 (30)

2274 (70)

Secondary education or higher

2256 (25%)

1483 (66)

773 (34)

Wealth index

   

< 0.001

5th quintile

2003 (22.7)

1896 (95)

107 (5)

4th quintile

1712 (19.4)

760 (44)

952 (56)

3rd quintile

1708 (19.3)

134 (8)

1574 (92)

2nd quintile

1697 (19.2)

73 (4)

1624 (96)

1st quintile

1691 (19.1)

24 (1)

1667 (99)

Region

   

< 0.001

Developed region

7699 (87)

2125 (28)

5574 (72)

Emerging region

525 (6)

190 (36)

335 (64)

City administration

587 (7)

572 (97)

15 (3)

Cultural-behavioral factors

    

Religion

   

0.03

Christian

6209 (70)

2286 (37)

3923 (63)

Muslim

2478 (28)

563 (23)

1915 (77)

Other

124 (2)

38 (30)

86 (70)

Media exposure

   

< 0.001

Yes

3488 (40)

1764 (51)

1724 (49)

No

5323 (60)

1123 (21)

4200 (79)

Psychosocial factors

    

Marital status

   

< 0.001

Single

3015 (34)

1317 (44)

1698 (56)

Living with a partner

5796 (66)

1570 (27)

4226 (73)

Parity

   

< 0.001

Nullipara

2875 (33)

1261 (44)

1614 (56)

Primipara

2306 (26)

971 (42)

1335 (58)

Multipara

3630 (41)

655 (18)

2975 (82)

Attended FP counseling with HCP

   

< 0.001

No

8071 (92)

2728 (34)

5343 (66)

Yes

740 (8)

159 (21)

581 (79)

Perceived Community support

   

< 0.001

High

6299 (71)

2524 (40)

3775 (60)

Low

2512 (29)

363(14)

2149 (86)